TY - JOUR
T1 - Seek and ye shall find
T2 - Test results are what you hypothesize they are
AU - Ben-Shakhar, Gershon
AU - Bar-Hillel, Maya
AU - Bilu, Yoram
AU - Shefler, Gaby
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Expert clinicians were given batteries of psychodiagnostic test results (Rorschach, TAT, Draw-A-Person, Bender-Gestalt, Wechsler) to analyze. For half, a battery came along with a suggestion that the person suffers from Borderline Personality disorder, and for half, that battery was accompanied by a suggestion that he suffers from Paranoid Personality disorder. In Study 1, the suggestion was made indirectly, through a background story that preceded the test results. In Study 2, the suggestion was made directly, by the instructions given. The experts saw in the tests what they hypothesized to be there. In particular, the target diagnoses were rated higher when they were hypothesized than when they were not.
AB - Expert clinicians were given batteries of psychodiagnostic test results (Rorschach, TAT, Draw-A-Person, Bender-Gestalt, Wechsler) to analyze. For half, a battery came along with a suggestion that the person suffers from Borderline Personality disorder, and for half, that battery was accompanied by a suggestion that he suffers from Paranoid Personality disorder. In Study 1, the suggestion was made indirectly, through a background story that preceded the test results. In Study 2, the suggestion was made directly, by the instructions given. The experts saw in the tests what they hypothesized to be there. In particular, the target diagnoses were rated higher when they were hypothesized than when they were not.
KW - Baye's theorem
KW - Clinical judgment
KW - Cognitive confirmation
KW - Confirmation bias
KW - Hypothesis testing
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(1998120)11:4<235::AID-BDM299>3.0.CO;2-X
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0771(1998120)11:4<235::AID-BDM299>3.0.CO;2-X
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AN - SCOPUS:22444454529
SN - 0894-3257
VL - 11
SP - 235
EP - 249
JO - Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
JF - Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
IS - 4
ER -